Ellen Engel studies corporate governance, performance measurement, and the role of accounting information in providing executive incentives and compensation. Among her publications are "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Firms' Going-Private Decisions," written with R. Hayes and X. Wang, which appeared in the Journal of Accounting and Economics, "An Analysis of the Relation Between the Stewardship and Valuation Roles of Earnings," written with R. Bushman, J. Milliron, and A. Smith, which appeared in the Journal of Accounting Research in 2005; and CEO Turnover and Properties of Accounting Information," written with R. Hayes and X. Wang, which appeared in the Journal of Accounting and Economics in 2004. She received the American Tax Association 2002 Manuscript Award for significant contribution to tax literature for "Debt-Equity Hybrid Securities," published in the Journal of Accounting Research,
Engel serves as an ad hoc reviewer for the above publications and numerous others, including Accounting Horizon, the Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Financial Management, the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Journal of Business, the Journal of Law, Economics and Organizations, and Managerial Finance.
Engel received a Kaufmann Faculty Research Grant in 2005 and 2000 and an FMC Corporation Faculty Fellowship in 2000. She joined the Chicago Booth faculty in 1996.
Engel earned a PhD in accounting from Stanford University in 1997, an MBA with concentrations in finance, statistics, and policy studies from Chicago Booth in 1991, and a bachelor's degree summa cum laude in accounting from the University of Detroit in 1983. She is a CPA in the state of Michigan. Before earning an MBA, she worked as audit manager and consultant for Plante & Moran CPAs and Management Consultants for eight years.
Selected Publications
With R. Hayes and X. Wang, "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Firms' Going-Private Decisions," Journal of Accounting and Economics (2007).
With R. Bushman, J. Milliron, and A. Smith, "An Analysis of the Relation Between the Stewardship and Valuation Roles of Earnings," Journal of Accounting Research (2005).
With R. Hayes and X. Wang, "CEO Turnover and Properties of Accounting Information," Journal of Accounting and Economics (2004).
With R. Bushman, Q. Chen, and A. Smith, "Financial Accounting Information, Organizational Complexity and Corporate Governance Systems," Journal of Accounting and Economics (2004).
